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3 @settitle avconv Documentation
5 @center @titlefont{avconv Documentation}
14 The generic syntax is:
18 avconv [[infile options][@option{-i} @var{infile}]]... @{[outfile options] @var{outfile}@}...
23 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
25 avconv is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from
26 a live audio/video source. It can also convert between arbitrary sample
27 rates and resize video on the fly with a high quality polyphase filter.
29 The command line interface is designed to be intuitive, in the sense
30 that avconv tries to figure out all parameters that can possibly be
31 derived automatically. You usually only have to specify the target
34 As a general rule, options are applied to the next specified
35 file. Therefore, order is important, and you can have the same
36 option on the command line multiple times. Each occurrence is
37 then applied to the next input or output file.
41 To set the video bitrate of the output file to 64kbit/s:
43 avconv -i input.avi -b 64k output.avi
47 To force the frame rate of the output file to 24 fps:
49 avconv -i input.avi -r 24 output.avi
53 To force the frame rate of the input file (valid for raw formats only)
54 to 1 fps and the frame rate of the output file to 24 fps:
56 avconv -r 1 -i input.m2v -r 24 output.avi
60 The format option may be needed for raw input files.
62 By default avconv tries to convert as losslessly as possible: It
63 uses the same audio and video parameters for the outputs as the one
64 specified for the inputs.
66 @c man end DESCRIPTION
68 @chapter Stream selection
69 @c man begin STREAM SELECTION
71 By default avconv tries to pick the "best" stream of each type present in input
72 files and add them to each output file. For video, this means the highest
73 resolution, for audio the highest channel count. For subtitle it's simply the
74 first subtitle stream.
76 You can disable some of those defaults by using @code{-vn/-an/-sn} options. For
77 full manual control, use the @code{-map} option, which disables the defaults just
80 @c man end STREAM SELECTION
85 @include fftools-common-opts.texi
94 @item -i @var{filename}
98 Overwrite output files.
100 @item -c[:@var{stream_type}][:@var{stream_index}] @var{codec}
101 @item -codec[:@var{stream_type}][:@var{stream_index}] @var{codec}
102 Select an encoder (when used before an output file) or a decoder (when used
103 before an input file) for one or more streams. @var{codec} is the name of a
104 decoder/encoder or a special value @code{copy} (output only) to indicate that
105 the stream is not to be reencoded.
107 @var{stream_type} may be 'v' for video, 'a' for audio, 's' for subtitle and 'd'
108 for data streams. @var{stream_index} is a global zero-based stream index if
109 @var{stream_type} isn't given, otherwise it counts only streams of the given
110 type. If @var{stream_index} is omitted, this option applies to all streams of
111 the given type or all streams of any type if @var{stream_type} is missing as
112 well (note that this only makes sense when all streams are of the same type or
113 @var{codec} is @code{copy}).
117 avconv -i INPUT -map 0 -c:v libx264 -c:a copy OUTPUT
119 encodes all video streams with libx264 and copies all audio streams.
121 For each stream, the last matching @code{c} option is applied, so
123 avconv -i INPUT -map 0 -c copy -c:v:1 libx264 -c:a:137 libvorbis OUTPUT
125 will copy all the streams except the second video, which will be encoded with
126 libx264, and the 138th audio, which will be encoded with libvorbis.
128 @item -t @var{duration}
129 Restrict the transcoded/captured video sequence
130 to the duration specified in seconds.
131 @code{hh:mm:ss[.xxx]} syntax is also supported.
133 @item -fs @var{limit_size}
134 Set the file size limit.
136 @item -ss @var{position}
137 When used as an input option (before @code{-i}), seeks in this input file to
138 @var{position}. When used as an output option (before an output filename),
139 decodes but discards input until the timestamps reach @var{position}. This is
140 slower, but more accurate.
142 @var{position} may be either in seconds or in @code{hh:mm:ss[.xxx]} form.
144 @item -itsoffset @var{offset}
145 Set the input time offset in seconds.
146 @code{[-]hh:mm:ss[.xxx]} syntax is also supported.
147 The offset is added to the timestamps of the input files.
148 Specifying a positive offset means that the corresponding
149 streams are delayed by 'offset' seconds.
151 @item -timestamp @var{time}
152 Set the recording timestamp in the container.
153 The syntax for @var{time} is:
155 now|([(YYYY-MM-DD|YYYYMMDD)[T|t| ]]((HH[:MM[:SS[.m...]]])|(HH[MM[SS[.m...]]]))[Z|z])
157 If the value is "now" it takes the current time.
158 Time is local time unless 'Z' or 'z' is appended, in which case it is
160 If the year-month-day part is not specified it takes the current
163 @item -metadata[:metadata_specifier] @var{key}=@var{value}
164 Set a metadata key/value pair.
166 An optional @var{metadata_specifier} may be given to set metadata
167 on streams or chapters. See @code{-map_metadata} documentation for
170 This option overrides metadata set with @code{-map_metadata}. It is
171 also possible to delete metadata by using an empty value.
173 For example, for setting the title in the output file:
175 avconv -i in.avi -metadata title="my title" out.flv
178 To set the language of the second stream:
180 avconv -i INPUT -metadata:s:1 language=eng OUTPUT
183 @item -v @var{number}
184 Set the logging verbosity level.
186 @item -target @var{type}
187 Specify target file type ("vcd", "svcd", "dvd", "dv", "dv50", "pal-vcd",
188 "ntsc-svcd", ... ). All the format options (bitrate, codecs,
189 buffer sizes) are then set automatically. You can just type:
192 avconv -i myfile.avi -target vcd /tmp/vcd.mpg
195 Nevertheless you can specify additional options as long as you know
196 they do not conflict with the standard, as in:
199 avconv -i myfile.avi -target vcd -bf 2 /tmp/vcd.mpg
202 @item -dframes @var{number}
203 Set the number of data frames to record. This is an alias for @code{-frames:d}.
205 @item -frames[:stream_specifier] @var{framecount}
206 Stop writing to the stream after @var{framecount} frames.
209 @item -qscale @var{q}
210 Use fixed quality scale (VBR). The meaning of @var{q} is
215 @section Video Options
218 @item -vframes @var{number}
219 Set the number of video frames to record. This is an alias for @code{-frames:v}.
221 Set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation), (default = 25).
223 Set frame size. The format is @samp{wxh} (avserver default = 160x128, avconv default = same as source).
224 The following abbreviations are recognized:
286 @item -aspect @var{aspect}
287 Set the video display aspect ratio specified by @var{aspect}.
289 @var{aspect} can be a floating point number string, or a string of the
290 form @var{num}:@var{den}, where @var{num} and @var{den} are the
291 numerator and denominator of the aspect ratio. For example "4:3",
292 "16:9", "1.3333", and "1.7777" are valid argument values.
295 Disable video recording.
296 @item -bt @var{tolerance}
297 Set video bitrate tolerance (in bits, default 4000k).
298 Has a minimum value of: (target_bitrate/target_framerate).
299 In 1-pass mode, bitrate tolerance specifies how far ratecontrol is
300 willing to deviate from the target average bitrate value. This is
301 not related to min/max bitrate. Lowering tolerance too much has
302 an adverse effect on quality.
303 @item -maxrate @var{bitrate}
304 Set max video bitrate (in bit/s).
305 Requires -bufsize to be set.
306 @item -minrate @var{bitrate}
307 Set min video bitrate (in bit/s).
308 Most useful in setting up a CBR encode:
310 avconv -i myfile.avi -b 4000k -minrate 4000k -maxrate 4000k -bufsize 1835k out.m2v
312 It is of little use elsewise.
313 @item -bufsize @var{size}
314 Set video buffer verifier buffer size (in bits).
315 @item -vcodec @var{codec}
316 Set the video codec. This is an alias for @code{-codec:v}.
318 Use same quantizer as source (implies VBR).
320 Note that this is NOT SAME QUALITY. Do not use this option unless you know you
324 Select the pass number (1 or 2). It is used to do two-pass
325 video encoding. The statistics of the video are recorded in the first
326 pass into a log file (see also the option -passlogfile),
327 and in the second pass that log file is used to generate the video
328 at the exact requested bitrate.
329 On pass 1, you may just deactivate audio and set output to null,
330 examples for Windows and Unix:
332 avconv -i foo.mov -c:v libxvid -pass 1 -an -f rawvideo -y NUL
333 avconv -i foo.mov -c:v libxvid -pass 1 -an -f rawvideo -y /dev/null
336 @item -passlogfile @var{prefix}
337 Set two-pass log file name prefix to @var{prefix}, the default file name
338 prefix is ``av2pass''. The complete file name will be
339 @file{PREFIX-N.log}, where N is a number specific to the output
342 @item -vf @var{filter_graph}
343 @var{filter_graph} is a description of the filter graph to apply to
345 Use the option "-filters" to show all the available filters (including
346 also sources and sinks).
350 @section Advanced Video Options
353 @item -pix_fmt @var{format}
354 Set pixel format. Use 'list' as parameter to show all the supported
356 @item -sws_flags @var{flags}
358 @item -g @var{gop_size}
359 Set the group of pictures size.
363 minimum video quantizer scale (VBR)
365 maximum video quantizer scale (VBR)
367 maximum difference between the quantizer scales (VBR)
368 @item -qblur @var{blur}
369 video quantizer scale blur (VBR) (range 0.0 - 1.0)
370 @item -qcomp @var{compression}
371 video quantizer scale compression (VBR) (default 0.5).
372 Constant of ratecontrol equation. Recommended range for default rc_eq: 0.0-1.0
374 @item -lmin @var{lambda}
375 minimum video lagrange factor (VBR)
376 @item -lmax @var{lambda}
377 max video lagrange factor (VBR)
378 @item -mblmin @var{lambda}
379 minimum macroblock quantizer scale (VBR)
380 @item -mblmax @var{lambda}
381 maximum macroblock quantizer scale (VBR)
383 These four options (lmin, lmax, mblmin, mblmax) use 'lambda' units,
384 but you may use the QP2LAMBDA constant to easily convert from 'q' units:
386 avconv -i src.ext -lmax 21*QP2LAMBDA dst.ext
389 @item -rc_init_cplx @var{complexity}
390 initial complexity for single pass encoding
391 @item -b_qfactor @var{factor}
392 qp factor between P- and B-frames
393 @item -i_qfactor @var{factor}
394 qp factor between P- and I-frames
395 @item -b_qoffset @var{offset}
396 qp offset between P- and B-frames
397 @item -i_qoffset @var{offset}
398 qp offset between P- and I-frames
399 @item -rc_eq @var{equation}
400 Set rate control equation (see section "Expression Evaluation")
401 (default = @code{tex^qComp}).
403 When computing the rate control equation expression, besides the
404 standard functions defined in the section "Expression Evaluation", the
405 following functions are available:
411 and the following constants are available:
433 @item -rc_override @var{override}
434 rate control override for specific intervals
435 @item -me_method @var{method}
436 Set motion estimation method to @var{method}.
437 Available methods are (from lowest to best quality):
440 Try just the (0, 0) vector.
449 exhaustive search (slow and marginally better than epzs)
452 @item -dct_algo @var{algo}
453 Set DCT algorithm to @var{algo}. Available values are:
456 FF_DCT_AUTO (default)
469 @item -idct_algo @var{algo}
470 Set IDCT algorithm to @var{algo}. Available values are:
473 FF_IDCT_AUTO (default)
497 Set error resilience to @var{n}.
500 FF_ER_CAREFUL (default)
506 FF_ER_VERY_AGGRESSIVE
509 @item -ec @var{bit_mask}
510 Set error concealment to @var{bit_mask}. @var{bit_mask} is a bit mask of
511 the following values:
514 FF_EC_GUESS_MVS (default = enabled)
516 FF_EC_DEBLOCK (default = enabled)
519 @item -bf @var{frames}
520 Use 'frames' B-frames (supported for MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4).
521 @item -mbd @var{mode}
525 FF_MB_DECISION_SIMPLE: Use mb_cmp (cannot change it yet in avconv).
527 FF_MB_DECISION_BITS: Choose the one which needs the fewest bits.
529 FF_MB_DECISION_RD: rate distortion
533 Use four motion vector by macroblock (MPEG-4 only).
535 Use data partitioning (MPEG-4 only).
536 @item -bug @var{param}
537 Work around encoder bugs that are not auto-detected.
538 @item -strict @var{strictness}
539 How strictly to follow the standards.
541 Enable Advanced intra coding (h263+).
543 Enable Unlimited Motion Vector (h263+)
546 Deinterlace pictures.
548 Force interlacing support in encoder (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 only).
549 Use this option if your input file is interlaced and you want
550 to keep the interlaced format for minimum losses.
551 The alternative is to deinterlace the input stream with
552 @option{-deinterlace}, but deinterlacing introduces losses.
554 Calculate PSNR of compressed frames.
556 Dump video coding statistics to @file{vstats_HHMMSS.log}.
557 @item -vstats_file @var{file}
558 Dump video coding statistics to @var{file}.
560 top=1/bottom=0/auto=-1 field first
561 @item -dc @var{precision}
563 @item -vtag @var{fourcc/tag}
564 Force video tag/fourcc. This is an alias for @code{-tag:v}.
567 @item -force_key_frames @var{time}[,@var{time}...]
568 Force key frames at the specified timestamps, more precisely at the first
569 frames after each specified time.
570 This option can be useful to ensure that a seek point is present at a
571 chapter mark or any other designated place in the output file.
572 The timestamps must be specified in ascending order.
575 @section Audio Options
578 @item -aframes @var{number}
579 Set the number of audio frames to record. This is an alias for @code{-frames:a}.
581 Set the audio sampling frequency. For output streams it is set by
582 default to the frequency of the corresponding input stream. For input
583 streams this option only makes sense for audio grabbing devices and raw
584 demuxers and is mapped to the corresponding demuxer options.
586 Set the audio quality (codec-specific, VBR). This is an alias for -q:a.
587 @item -ac @var{channels}
588 Set the number of audio channels. For output streams it is set by
589 default to the number of input audio channels. For input streams
590 this option only makes sense for audio grabbing devices and raw demuxers
591 and is mapped to the corresponding demuxer options.
593 Disable audio recording.
594 @item -acodec @var{codec}
595 Set the audio codec. This is an alias for @code{-codec:a}.
596 @item -sample_fmt[:@var{stream_specifier}] @var{sample_fmt}
597 Set the audio sample format. Use @code{-help sample_fmts} to get a list
598 of supported sample formats.
601 @section Advanced Audio options:
604 @item -atag @var{fourcc/tag}
605 Force audio tag/fourcc. This is an alias for @code{-tag:a}.
606 @item -audio_service_type @var{type}
607 Set the type of service that the audio stream contains.
610 Main Audio Service (default)
630 @section Subtitle options:
633 @item -scodec @var{codec}
634 Set the subtitle codec. This is an alias for @code{-codec:s}.
636 Disable subtitle recording.
639 @section Audio/Video grab options
643 Synchronize read on input.
646 @section Advanced options
649 @item -map [-]@var{input_file_id}[:@var{input_stream_type}][:@var{input_stream_id}][,@var{sync_file_id}[:@var{sync_stream_type}][:@var{sync_stream_id}]]
651 Designate one or more input streams as a source for the output file. Each input
652 stream is identified by the input file index @var{input_file_id} and
653 the input stream index @var{input_stream_id} within the input
654 file. Both indices start at 0. If specified,
655 @var{sync_file_id}:@var{sync_stream_id} sets which input stream
656 is used as a presentation sync reference.
658 If @var{input_stream_type} is specified -- 'v' for video, 'a' for audio, 's' for
659 subtitle and 'd' for data -- then @var{input_stream_id} counts only the streams
660 of this type. Same for @var{sync_stream_type}.
662 @var{input_stream_id} may be omitted, in which case all streams of the given
663 type are mapped (or all streams in the file, if no type is specified).
665 The first @code{-map} option on the command line specifies the
666 source for output stream 0, the second @code{-map} option specifies
667 the source for output stream 1, etc.
669 A @code{-} character before the stream identifier creates a "negative" mapping.
670 It disables matching streams from already created mappings.
672 For example, to map ALL streams from the first input file to output
674 avconv -i INPUT -map 0 output
677 For example, if you have two audio streams in the first input file,
678 these streams are identified by "0:0" and "0:1". You can use
679 @code{-map} to select which streams to place in an output file. For
682 avconv -i INPUT -map 0:1 out.wav
684 will map the input stream in @file{INPUT} identified by "0:1" to
685 the (single) output stream in @file{out.wav}.
687 For example, to select the stream with index 2 from input file
688 @file{a.mov} (specified by the identifier "0:2"), and stream with
689 index 6 from input @file{b.mov} (specified by the identifier "1:6"),
690 and copy them to the output file @file{out.mov}:
692 avconv -i a.mov -i b.mov -c copy -map 0:2 -map 1:6 out.mov
695 To select all video and the third audio stream from an input file:
697 avconv -i INPUT -map 0:v -map 0:a:2 OUTPUT
700 To map all the streams except the second audio, use negative mappings
702 avconv -i INPUT -map 0 -map -0:a:1 OUTPUT
705 Note that using this option disables the default mappings for this output file.
707 @item -map_metadata[:@var{metadata_type}][:@var{index}] @var{infile}[:@var{metadata_type}][:@var{index}]
708 Set metadata information of the next output file from @var{infile}. Note that
709 those are file indices (zero-based), not filenames.
710 Optional @var{metadata_type} parameters specify, which metadata to copy - (g)lobal
711 (i.e. metadata that applies to the whole file), per-(s)tream, per-(c)hapter or
712 per-(p)rogram. All metadata specifiers other than global must be followed by the
713 stream/chapter/program index. If metadata specifier is omitted, it defaults to
716 By default, global metadata is copied from the first input file,
717 per-stream and per-chapter metadata is copied along with streams/chapters. These
718 default mappings are disabled by creating any mapping of the relevant type. A negative
719 file index can be used to create a dummy mapping that just disables automatic copying.
721 For example to copy metadata from the first stream of the input file to global metadata
724 avconv -i in.ogg -map_metadata 0:s:0 out.mp3
726 @item -map_chapters @var{input_file_index}
727 Copy chapters from input file with index @var{input_file_index} to the next
728 output file. If no chapter mapping is specified, then chapters are copied from
729 the first input file with at least one chapter. Use a negative file index to
730 disable any chapter copying.
732 Print specific debug info.
734 Show benchmarking information at the end of an encode.
735 Shows CPU time used and maximum memory consumption.
736 Maximum memory consumption is not supported on all systems,
737 it will usually display as 0 if not supported.
739 Dump each input packet.
741 When dumping packets, also dump the payload.
743 Only use bit exact algorithms (for codec testing).
745 Set RTP payload size in bytes.
747 Read input at native frame rate. Mainly used to simulate a grab device.
748 @item -threads @var{count}
750 @item -vsync @var{parameter}
755 Each frame is passed with its timestamp from the demuxer to the muxer.
757 Frames will be duplicated and dropped to achieve exactly the requested
760 Frames are passed through with their timestamp or dropped so as to
761 prevent 2 frames from having the same timestamp.
763 Chooses between 1 and 2 depending on muxer capabilities. This is the
767 With -map you can select from which stream the timestamps should be
768 taken. You can leave either video or audio unchanged and sync the
769 remaining stream(s) to the unchanged one.
771 @item -async @var{samples_per_second}
772 Audio sync method. "Stretches/squeezes" the audio stream to match the timestamps,
773 the parameter is the maximum samples per second by which the audio is changed.
774 -async 1 is a special case where only the start of the audio stream is corrected
775 without any later correction.
777 Copy timestamps from input to output.
779 Copy input stream time base from input to output when stream copying.
781 Finish encoding when the shortest input stream ends.
782 @item -dts_delta_threshold
783 Timestamp discontinuity delta threshold.
784 @item -muxdelay @var{seconds}
785 Set the maximum demux-decode delay.
786 @item -muxpreload @var{seconds}
787 Set the initial demux-decode delay.
788 @item -streamid @var{output-stream-index}:@var{new-value}
789 Assign a new stream-id value to an output stream. This option should be
790 specified prior to the output filename to which it applies.
791 For the situation where multiple output files exist, a streamid
792 may be reassigned to a different value.
794 For example, to set the stream 0 PID to 33 and the stream 1 PID to 36 for
795 an output mpegts file:
797 avconv -i infile -streamid 0:33 -streamid 1:36 out.ts
800 @item -bsf[:@var{stream_specifier}] @var{bitstream_filters}
801 Set bitstream filters for matching streams. @var{bistream_filters} is
802 a comma-separated list of bitstream filters. Use the @code{-bsfs} option
803 to get the list of bitstream filters.
805 avconv -i h264.mp4 -c:v copy -vbsf h264_mp4toannexb -an out.h264
808 avconv -i file.mov -an -vn -sbsf mov2textsub -c:s copy -f rawvideo sub.txt
811 @item -tag[:@var{stream_specifier}] @var{codec_tag}
812 Force a tag/fourcc for matching streams.
821 For streaming at very low bitrate application, use a low frame rate
822 and a small GOP size. This is especially true for RealVideo where
823 the Linux player does not seem to be very fast, so it can miss
824 frames. An example is:
827 avconv -g 3 -r 3 -t 10 -b 50k -s qcif -f rv10 /tmp/b.rm
831 The parameter 'q' which is displayed while encoding is the current
832 quantizer. The value 1 indicates that a very good quality could
833 be achieved. The value 31 indicates the worst quality. If q=31 appears
834 too often, it means that the encoder cannot compress enough to meet
835 your bitrate. You must either increase the bitrate, decrease the
836 frame rate or decrease the frame size.
839 If your computer is not fast enough, you can speed up the
840 compression at the expense of the compression ratio. You can use
841 '-me zero' to speed up motion estimation, and '-intra' to disable
842 motion estimation completely (you have only I-frames, which means it
843 is about as good as JPEG compression).
846 To have very low audio bitrates, reduce the sampling frequency
847 (down to 22050 Hz for MPEG audio, 22050 or 11025 for AC-3).
850 To have a constant quality (but a variable bitrate), use the option
851 '-qscale n' when 'n' is between 1 (excellent quality) and 31 (worst
858 @c man begin EXAMPLES
860 @section Video and Audio grabbing
862 If you specify the input format and device then avconv can grab video
866 avconv -f oss -i /dev/dsp -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 /tmp/out.mpg
869 Note that you must activate the right video source and channel before
870 launching avconv with any TV viewer such as
871 @uref{http://linux.bytesex.org/xawtv/, xawtv} by Gerd Knorr. You also
872 have to set the audio recording levels correctly with a
875 @section X11 grabbing
877 Grab the X11 display with avconv via
880 avconv -f x11grab -s cif -r 25 -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mpg
883 0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as
884 the DISPLAY environment variable.
887 avconv -f x11grab -s cif -r 25 -i :0.0+10,20 /tmp/out.mpg
890 0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as the DISPLAY environment
891 variable. 10 is the x-offset and 20 the y-offset for the grabbing.
893 @section Video and Audio file format conversion
895 Any supported file format and protocol can serve as input to avconv:
900 You can use YUV files as input:
903 avconv -i /tmp/test%d.Y /tmp/out.mpg
906 It will use the files:
908 /tmp/test0.Y, /tmp/test0.U, /tmp/test0.V,
909 /tmp/test1.Y, /tmp/test1.U, /tmp/test1.V, etc...
912 The Y files use twice the resolution of the U and V files. They are
913 raw files, without header. They can be generated by all decent video
914 decoders. You must specify the size of the image with the @option{-s} option
915 if avconv cannot guess it.
918 You can input from a raw YUV420P file:
921 avconv -i /tmp/test.yuv /tmp/out.avi
924 test.yuv is a file containing raw YUV planar data. Each frame is composed
925 of the Y plane followed by the U and V planes at half vertical and
926 horizontal resolution.
929 You can output to a raw YUV420P file:
932 avconv -i mydivx.avi hugefile.yuv
936 You can set several input files and output files:
939 avconv -i /tmp/a.wav -s 640x480 -i /tmp/a.yuv /tmp/a.mpg
942 Converts the audio file a.wav and the raw YUV video file a.yuv
946 You can also do audio and video conversions at the same time:
949 avconv -i /tmp/a.wav -ar 22050 /tmp/a.mp2
952 Converts a.wav to MPEG audio at 22050 Hz sample rate.
955 You can encode to several formats at the same time and define a
956 mapping from input stream to output streams:
959 avconv -i /tmp/a.wav -map 0:a -b 64k /tmp/a.mp2 -map 0:a -b 128k /tmp/b.mp2
962 Converts a.wav to a.mp2 at 64 kbits and to b.mp2 at 128 kbits. '-map
963 file:index' specifies which input stream is used for each output
964 stream, in the order of the definition of output streams.
967 You can transcode decrypted VOBs:
970 avconv -i snatch_1.vob -f avi -c:v mpeg4 -b:v 800k -g 300 -bf 2 -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k snatch.avi
973 This is a typical DVD ripping example; the input is a VOB file, the
974 output an AVI file with MPEG-4 video and MP3 audio. Note that in this
975 command we use B-frames so the MPEG-4 stream is DivX5 compatible, and
976 GOP size is 300 which means one intra frame every 10 seconds for 29.97fps
977 input video. Furthermore, the audio stream is MP3-encoded so you need
978 to enable LAME support by passing @code{--enable-libmp3lame} to configure.
979 The mapping is particularly useful for DVD transcoding
980 to get the desired audio language.
982 NOTE: To see the supported input formats, use @code{avconv -formats}.
985 You can extract images from a video, or create a video from many images:
987 For extracting images from a video:
989 avconv -i foo.avi -r 1 -s WxH -f image2 foo-%03d.jpeg
992 This will extract one video frame per second from the video and will
993 output them in files named @file{foo-001.jpeg}, @file{foo-002.jpeg},
994 etc. Images will be rescaled to fit the new WxH values.
996 If you want to extract just a limited number of frames, you can use the
997 above command in combination with the -vframes or -t option, or in
998 combination with -ss to start extracting from a certain point in time.
1000 For creating a video from many images:
1002 avconv -f image2 -i foo-%03d.jpeg -r 12 -s WxH foo.avi
1005 The syntax @code{foo-%03d.jpeg} specifies to use a decimal number
1006 composed of three digits padded with zeroes to express the sequence
1007 number. It is the same syntax supported by the C printf function, but
1008 only formats accepting a normal integer are suitable.
1011 You can put many streams of the same type in the output:
1014 avconv -i test1.avi -i test2.avi -map 0.3 -map 0.2 -map 0.1 -map 0.0 -c copy test12.nut
1017 The resulting output file @file{test12.avi} will contain first four streams from
1018 the input file in reverse order.
1024 @include encoders.texi
1025 @include demuxers.texi
1026 @include muxers.texi
1027 @include indevs.texi
1028 @include outdevs.texi
1029 @include protocols.texi
1030 @include bitstream_filters.texi
1031 @include filters.texi
1032 @include metadata.texi
1037 @settitle avconv video converter
1039 @c man begin SEEALSO
1040 avplay(1), avprobe(1), avserver(1) and the Libav HTML documentation
1043 @c man begin AUTHORS
1044 The Libav developers